Michigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382460378
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3139237400
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,909,233
- Expenses
- $3,184,536
- Assets
- $8,541,846
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANTHONY T MICHAELS (PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.)
Highest reported compensation
- ANTHONY T MICHAELS (PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.): $811,888 total reported compensation
- JESSICA KAMINSKAS (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $228,240 total reported compensation
- SHAMBHAVI SRIHARSHA (VICE-PRES., HUMAN RES. AND FINANCE): $120,713 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes by sponsoring and coordinating a parade and other civic festivals within the city of detroit for the benefit, education, and enjoyment of the residents of the state of Michigan, as well as by publicizing its program and disseminating information concerning the attributes of the metropolitan detroit area and the state of Michigan in order to combat community deterioration, relieve the burdens of government, and lessen neighborhood tensions
What it reported doing in 2024
America's thanksgiving parade brings a spark of magic and people from all walks of life together to enjoy one of detroit's largest and free events where, for one special moment, families can be entertained, share a tradition, and create a memory.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.3%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 50%; rating input score 50
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.68; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.3% of revenue deployed · 50% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $812K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.